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Article: Pakistan's overbearing army: civilian institutions are in danger--are there solutions?(Book review)
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- Harvard International Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 2008
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Crossed Swords: Pakistan, its Army, and the Wars Within is by Shuja Nawaz (Oxford University Press, 2008).
Fifty years ago this October 24, Pakistan's first Army Commander in Chief" overthrew the prime minister, imposed martial law, and abrogated the constitution. That jarring rotation from civilian rule to martial law spawned five decades of overhauled constitutions, three protracted periods of martial law, and the overthrow of four civilian governments. In Crossed Swords: Pakistan's first 'Army, and the Wars Within, renowned Pakistan expert and former New York Times journalist Shuja Nawaz examines the tumultuous history of Pakistan's overbearing army. Nawaz ...